CAPE ELIZABETH (AP) — Undertones of the Boston Marathon bombings will be evident when thousands of runners take to the course for the TD Beach to Beacon 10-kilometer race in Maine. The starting horn for Saturday’s race in Cape Elizabeth will be sounded by Karen Rand, a former Westbrook resident who now lives in Somerville, […]
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Inmate shoots deputy at Boston hospital
BOSTON — An inmate being taken for treatment at a specialty hospital shot a deputy sheriff after a struggle over the officer’s gun Wednesday, then was shot and critically wounded by a second deputy, police said. Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis said the shooting happened around noon in the emergency room of the Massachusetts Eye […]
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Frances Rolfe McKnight
1921 – 2013 TOPSHAM — Frances Rolfe McKnight, 92, of Rumford and Auburn, died Thursday, July 25, at The Highlands in Topsham. She was born July 18, 1921, in Rumford, the daughter of Cliff and Grace Rolfe, and graduated from Stephens High School and then Bates College in 1943 with a degree in religious studies. […]
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Ex-Bulger partner admits to lying under oath
BOSTON (AP) — James “Whitey” Bulger’s former partner in crime returned to the witness stand Wednesday for a fifth day of testimony, with the defense harping on his role as an FBI informant while trying to discredit him as a liar. Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi claims he and Bulger were secret FBI informants for years […]
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Massachusetts State Police sergeant faces hearing after releasing photo of bombing suspect
Massachusetts State Police spokesman David Procopio said the agency didn’t authorize Sgt. Sean Murphy to release the photos to Boston Magazine and won’t release them to other media. Murphy told Boston Magazine he released the photos because he was furious over a Rolling Stone cover photo he believes glamorizes suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. He said his […]
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DNA links Boston Strangler suspect to last victim
BOSTON — DNA tests confirm that the man who once claimed to the Boston Strangler killed the woman believed to be the serial killer’s last victim and was likely responsible for the deaths of the other victims, authorities said Friday. Albert DeSalvo admitted to killing Mary Sullivan and 10 other women in the Boston area […]
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William A. Witt
1946 – 2013 HARTLAND — William A. Witt, 66, of Harmony, met “The Great Spirit,” while doing one of the things he loved the most — fishing on Great Moose Lake in Hartland, a place where he found peace and tranquility. Bill was born in Boston on Nov. 28, 1946, the son of Eugene Witt […]
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Possible witness in Whitey Bulger trial found dead
BOSTON — A man who was on the witness list for the racketeering trial of reputed mobster James “Whitey” Bulger and had been a vocal critic of the reputed gangster was found dead, authorities said Thursday. The body of Stephen Rakes was found Wednesday afternoon in Lincoln, Mass., with no obvious signs of trauma, the […]
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Thomas Cushman Sr.
1953 – 2013 LEWISTON — Thomas Cushman Sr., 59, of Oxford, passed away on Tuesday, July 16, at Central Maine Medical Center. He was born in Boston, Mass., on Sept. 8, 1953, the son of Donald and Sylvia Hall Cushman. He worked in the Lumber industry for 40+ years. On June 18, 1988, he married […]
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Plan to reopen New England fishing spots debated
BOSTON (AP) — A plan to allow certain New England fishermen back into fishing grounds where they’ve long been banned was so objectionable to environmentalists that two groups sued to kill it months before it was officially released. And after the proposal was unveiled last week, fishermen who once backed the idea called the plan […]